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Seamus Heaney (1939-2013) "We"-second person plural pronoun used- implies speaker is speaking on behalf of the whole community experience. Contrasting description-strong opening Statement-gives a sense of safety Security. Themes-safety, security, nature Storm on the Island "Roof"&" quality "good slate" suggest good materials used. Roof further adds to sense of security, We are prepared: we build our houses squat, t. The language is rough and rural, Wall & Sink walls in rock and roof them with good slate.giving the speaker a more •agricultural tone. 1 Rock solid This wizened earth has never troubled us and safe. Crification With hay, so, as you see, there are no stacks Structure-end stopping and caesura give a sense of safety, and security. Pe. of 5 Or stooks that can be lost. Nor are there trees Trong-the ground has produced Earth as nothing so they do not need to a wizened Which might prove company when it blows full protect crops. old man. Blast, you know what I mean - leaves and branches having company. 2 Contrasts Loneliness of setting to OnomatopCan raise a tragic chorus in a gale Colon brings the reader to abrupt stop - Sound- reflecting So that you can listen to the thing you fear Listening to sounds of nature. the sounds of the 10 Forgetting that it pummels your house too. storm But there are no trees, no natural shelter Ceasura Slows down You might think that the sea is company, the pace, Exploding comfortably down...
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Alternative transcript:
on the cliffs emphasises the secodBut no: when it begins, the flung spray hits 15 The very windows, spits like a tame cat no. Safety & security make him forget his fears. powerful verb-to describe the wind. Direct adress-conversational tone throughout the poem. - shows personal experiance of the storm. violent imagery- oxymoron Juxtaposes the feeling of safety and fear. use of sound: The assonant "1" sound and the sibilance in lines 14-17 combine to imitate the sounds of the sea. Themes: Safety Turned savage. We just sit tight while wind first part. ar Secad And strafes invisibly. Space is a salvo. part. We are bombarded by the empty air. Strange, it is a huge nothing that we fear. Violent imagery - language usually used to describe war. The wind is compared to a fighter plane attacting the island." dives The voita is on line 14-the poem's tone changes dramatically here from safety to fear although there are hints that is changing from line 9. Contrasting descriptions of safety and fear: The storm is invisible - there is nothing solid there. This contrasts with the solid rock mentioned earlier.